TOPIC INDEXReformation Doctrine (123)

  1. 280: Augustine - The Righteousness Which is of God, and the Righteousness Which is of the Law

    book
    12/03/22
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Who’s Running the Verbs of Grace? In this episode, we discuss Augustine’s defense of God’s grace against the Pelagians, with a healthy dose of Reformation theology added for seasoning.

  2. 278: Nestorius - Against the Theotokos

    book
    11/21/22
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Divide by Two, but Add by One. In this episode, we discuss Nestorius’ sermon on whether Mary was Theotokos or not and what happens when one tries to comment on the two natures of God using Greek philosophy to exegete Scripture.

  3. We Cannot Hack God's Word

    book
    08/16/22
    13 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    Our value and our values, our life, our everything is from Jesus Christ given to us as a gift.

  4. The Gospel of the Crucified Idiot

    book
    08/02/22
    8 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    At the heart of The Idiot is Dostoevsky's confession of faith and the confession of all Christians.

  5. Demanding to Suffer Freedom

    book
    06/21/22
    12 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    The only solution to free will is the announcement from a preacher that the Father forgives us for Christ's sake.

  6. How God Made Mary a Theologian of the Cross

    book
    05/19/22
    10 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    The point Luther made, again and again, was that distance between God and sinners is collapsed when the crucified Christ himself comes to sinners through a preacher.

  7. The Stupid Monk at The Diet at Worms (Part 4)

    book
    03/18/22
    7 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    Theologians of glory searched for God everywhere except the Cross of Christ.

  8. The Stupid Monk at The Diet at Worms (Part 3)

    book
    03/11/22
    8 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    For Luther, those who refuse Christ as a curse want their sin removed not in Christ but in themselves.

  9. Erasmus versus Luther: Bound to Be Free (Part 8)

    book
    10/27/21
    7 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    Erasmus sought to find meaning behind the words of Scripture in order to make an ultimate claim. Luther, on the other hand, found the Gospel to be meaningless outside of Christ and his Cross.

  10. Erasmus versus Luther - Bound to Be Free, Part 7

    book
    10/14/21
    6 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    Luther understood when the Word of God came it did not offer sinners a choice.

  11. Luther versus Erasmus: Bound to Be Free (Part 6)

    book
    09/22/21
    13 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    For Luther, Erasmus’ Christ-less, Spirit-less theological conclusions demonstrated that behind his supposed humanistic optimism lay a profound despair and pessimism.

  12. Luther versus Erasmus: Bound to Be Free (Part 5)

    book
    09/18/21
    8 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    For Erasmus, it would be better for people in general to bear the disease of moralism and choice than to be cured of it by the preaching and teaching of God’s unconditional election of sinners in Christ.
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